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The worst administration in history regarding medical pot continues it's assault..
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In their unrelenting quest to kill legal medical marijuana dead, President Barack Obama and the United States Department of Justice appear content to incur collateral damage.
Last week, property owners who rent to dispensaries were informed that the federal government could seize their properties within 45 days; this week, one of the four United States attorneys who declared open season on anything connected to state-legal cannabis told California Watch that the fourth estate is next. Specifically, the administration says any publication -- from print to web to broadcasting -- that accepts advertisements from medical marijuana businesses could face prosecution.
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... Yet this may be a prosecution too far, says Liz Enochs, president of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. "Regardless of how you feel about medical marijuana, this is about economics -- and, by extension, the First Amendment," she said. "An attack on the business model of news organizations could be seen as a de facto attack on the press."
I don't see an issue here. Using a property to engage in illegal activities (and selling marijuana is illegal not matter its form) can be confiscated by the federal authorities. Just like how cars are impounded if they are used to transport illegal aliens or illegal drugs across the border.
Until Medical Marijuana is legalized on the Federal level, Marijuana is still an illegal drug.
I'm against all of this, but the issues is very basic: Marijuana is illegal.
I don't see an issue here. Using a property to engage in illegal activities (and selling marijuana is illegal not matter its form) can be confiscated by the federal authorities. Just like how cars are impounded if they are used to transport illegal aliens or illegal drugs across the border.
Until Medical Marijuana is legalized on the Federal level, Marijuana is still an illegal drug.
I'm against all of this, but the issues is very basic: Marijuana is illegal.
You do realize this crackdown just started recently. Obama never seemed to think the fed versus state thing was a problem in the past..
While campaigning in NH in 2007, Obama said "I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources."
Then as president in March 2009, we had the Ogden Memo in which AG Holder said "the administration would effectively end the Bush administration’s frequent raids on distributors of medical marijuana."
I realize Obama is not going to push to legalize pot, but are those of us who care about access to MM in the 16 states where it's legal just supposed to accept his lies as embodied in this policy shift?
I wouldn't vote for someone based on what they say about marijuana, it's really a non issue with all the real problems in this country.
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